Hood Famous Bakeshop (Chinatown-ID)
Bakery · International District ·
Filipino bakery & cafe: ube cheesecake, pastries, coffee & cocktails
Filipino bakery & cafe: ube cheesecake, pastries, coffee & cocktails
"You may know this Filipino bakery in the ID for its mini purple cheesecakes, but they also offer purple soft serve in warmer months. Hood Famous' summer ice cream comes in both ube and sweetened condensed milk flavors, and a swirl of both has a great tang and subtle salty notes that pair perfectly with a toasty ube cookie shoved on top. Or better yet, make a sandwich with two of them." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley
"Brown butter is paramount when it comes to this Filipino cafe’s chocolate chip cookie—simply smelling one activates all that toasty golden confetti we know and love. The chip of choice here is miniature, with the occasional larger milk chocolate morsel there to cut through the teeny semi-sweet bric-a-brac. A tooth-sinking squishiness dominates the interior, making it a pretty choice candidate for an iced ube latte dunk." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley
"We love this Filipino bakery for ube-flavored everything, like miniature cheesecakes, cookies, and their sweet and earthy iced ube latte. You might have to wait in line behind people looking to snap photos of the espresso-ube syrup-milk gradient before it all mixes up to become a shade of gray, but it’s worth it. And if drinking a liquified purple yam isn’t for you, try a tangy calamansi espresso tonic." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley
"We love this Filipino bakery in the International District for ube-flavored everything, like miniature cheesecakes, cookies, soft serve, and especially their sweet ube latte. You might just have to wait in line behind people trying to snap photos of the purple syrup swirling with espresso and milk. And if yam isn’t for you, Hood Famous serves other drinks like tangy calamansi espresso tonics, or iced pandan lattes." - aimee rizzo, gabe guarente
"Hood Famous specializes in Filipino desserts, mainly mini cheesecakes that come in flavors like white chocolate guava and matcha. While we endorse standing on a street corner with a fork and eating all four varieties at once straight from the takeout box, the swirled purple ube cheesecake is the best one in Seattle. If you’re not feeling the street corner, have one inside the cafe for lunch chased with an iced ube latte, in case you want more ube." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley
